2042
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This article is about the year 2042.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s |
| Years: | 2039 2040 2041 – 2042 – 2043 2044 2045 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2042 MMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2795 |
| Armenian calendar | 1491 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6792 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 198–199 |
| Bengali calendar | 1449 |
| Berber calendar | 2992 |
| British Regnal year | 90 Eliz. 2 – 91 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2586 |
| Burmese calendar | 1404 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7550–7551 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年十二月初十日 (4678/4738-12-10) — to —
壬戌年十一月二十日(4679/4739-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1758–1759 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2034–2035 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5802–5803 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2098–2099 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1964–1965 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5143–5144 |
| Holocene calendar | 12042 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 1042–1043 |
| Iranian calendar | 1420–1421 |
| Islamic calendar | 1464–1465 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 54 (平成54年) |
| Juche calendar | 131 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4375 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 131 民國131年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2585 |
| Unix time | 2272147200–2303683199 |
2042 (MMXLII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
- April 30 – The Nickelodeon time capsule will be dug up.
- September 17 – A common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
Date unknown[edit]
- According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American will collectively outnumber Whites of non-Hispanic origin.[1]
In fiction[edit]
- On the ABC series Defying Gravity, the mission to Mars took place in this year, ten years before the Antares Mission in 2052.
- The Japanese version of Snatcher, a graphic adventure game originally released in 1988, is set in December 2042. The English localization of Snatcher moved the setting to 2047.
- Paul Levinson's The Plot to Save Socrates starts in 2042, from which the novel's time traveling characters embark on what the title says.
References[edit]
- ^ Jennifer M. Ortman; Christine E. Guarneri, United States Population Projections: 2000 to 2050.
